Posted on 09/08/2008 10:53:52 AM PDT by Publius804
September 7, 2008
The fright begins as John McCain reveals his reckless side
Sarah Palin has opposed his key policies, so why did he pick her?
Andrew Sullivan
There is one reason the job of vice-president exists. In a system with a single executive, you need someone to fill in if the president is incapacitated or dies. In war time this is especially important. More salient: McCain just turned 72 and would be the oldest first term president in American history with four cancer scares and the awful residue of Vietnamese torture in his bones.
The pick is also the first presidential-level decision a candidate has to make. You learn a lot about the candidate. And with Obama and McCain, we have two men who have never been executives - just legislators, book-writers and celebrities. So the decision is the first time we can compare the two men on a presidential decision level.
In Joe Biden, Obama revealed his core temperamental conservatism. It was a safe choice of someone deeply versed in foreign policy, and with roots that connected to the working class white ethnics he needed. It wasn't flashy; and was even a little underwhelming; but it was highly professional.
What we have learned about John McCain from his selection of Sarah Palin is that he is as impulsive and reckless a decision-maker as George W. Bush.
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His 96!!!! year old mother looked amazing at the convention.
Andrew must not be gettin' any lately....
Andrew Sullivan’s judgment is twisted by his devotion to his degeneracy. His sexual obsessions dominate everything. For this reason I have never taken anything he said as anything other than irrational rants and ravings.
ROFL, these people live in a bubble!
Andrew must not be gettin' any lately....
It’s Andrew Sullivan. What else would one expect from a Drama Queen.
Never underestimate Comrade Juan McNuts’ ability to screw this up.
Read some of the comments below the article, I guess “Palin Derangement Syndrome” is spreading quickly - oh no what shall we do! LOL
I don’t view McCain’s decision of picking Gov. Palin as reckless. I view it as forward thinking. This country needs real change, not Obama’s perceived change. Time to get this country rolling again and McCain/Palin can help give it a good start. I believe them to be two honest people.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! Ya had me goin' there for a minute.
OMG!!!! We’re all gonna DIE!!!!
What a stupid piece of crapola fear mongering article!
Obama revealed his “core temperamental conservatism”? Indeed. He selected an aged, liberal (3rd most) member of the US Senate. Why would he ever think outside the box?
Meanwhile good old “reckless” John McCain outfoxes his opponent and the establishment media by making the perfect VP pick.
Now who would seem to be the better fit to lead this nation?
Apparently Sarah Palin does not support giving state sanction to where Andrew wants to put Lil’ Andrew, and therefore she must be opposed.
Exactly. It’s amazing how much of our politics has been driven by such issues. If Bush was pro-choice and pro-gay marriage none of those twits would have given a d@mn about Iraq.
A statment of respect worthy of a petulent middleschooler. Way to go.
Yeah, right.
As for Queen Andrew, well, he's the one who advocates for unprotected anal sex.
I just read where the Democrats are going to get the focus off of Gov. Palin and try and put it onto MCCain (since she is dominating the news and is hot) Did’nt take long, here we go.
>>What else would one expect from a Drama Queen.<<
Or, as Michelle Malkin calls him, “the easily excitable Andrew Sullivan.”
Demonstrably false. John McCain was a naval officer for twenty two years. He's made plenty of executive decisions.
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